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Rice Pilaf 2018 AFTD Food For Thought Campaign #endFTD

We eat a lot of this as a side dish in our family. This recipe is from “Mad Hungry” by Lucinda Scala Quinn. In honor of this year’s AFTD Food For Thought campaign, I will be posting some of Lydia’s favorite recipes. She liked cooking, watching Anthony Bourdain, the Cooking Channel, the Food Network, Gourmet Magazine, Saveur, Martha Stewart and many, many more. I have her cookbook collection at my house, plus there is a stash of hers at our parents’ house, too.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 yellow onion, chopped (about 3/4 cup)

1 cup dried vermicelli noodles, broken into roughly 1-inch pieces

2 cups long-grain white rice

3 cups chicken broth

1 teaspoon coarse salt

Directions

1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, add 2 tablespoons of the butter, and as soon as the butter melts, add the onion. Cook, stirring constantly, until the onion is translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the noodles, lower the heat to medium, and cook, stirring constantly, until the noodles are golden brown and the mixture gives off a nutty aroma, 5 to 8 minutes.

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Thank you, generous donors!

Our Inaugural FTD Awareness Dinner–Food for Thought: Hollywood Beach, raised over $7,000 for the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration! In my first event, we raised the 3rd most donations for the AFTD of all the fundraisers. I’m trying to double that in 2018. Margy Gates’ painting sold for $2,000 and 65 people bought tickets to the dinner and participated in the silent auction. More generous donations came through online by people who couldn’t attend. Thanks to Kelly’s Lot and The Waterside Restaurant and all the generous donors. Thank you all for making this event a success!

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Your donation to AFTD's Food For Thought Campaign will help fuel AFTD's mission: to improve the quality of life of people affected by FTD and drive research to a cure.